Today's Reference.com: On this day Monday January 16, 2006........................................

Monday, January 16, 2006

On this day Monday January 16, 2006........................................

When Christopher Columbus set sail today in 1493 from Hispaniola (now divided into Haiti and the Dominican Republic), he left behind a garrison of 39 Spaniards - in effect, the first true colony in the New World, predating Sir Walter Raleigh's Roanoke by 91 years. Like Raleigh's colony, however,... Sign in to see full entry.

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